"There are about 250,000 different species of fossil plants and animals known . . In spite of this large quantity of information, it is but a tiny fraction of the diversity that [according to the theory] actually lived in the past. There are well over a million species living today and . . [it is] possible to predict how many species ought to be in our fossil record. That number is at least 100 times the number we have found."

-- David M. Raup

#Animal Quotes #Past Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“I would say that it's very difficult to personally construct your gender. I think a lot of it is socially constructed. If you look at The New York Times' coverage of trans children, some of them were as young as four years old. One said, "I see my daddy in the woodshed, and that's where I'd rather be than in the kitchen." That to me doesn't ring as somebody who is trans, it rings as someone who has grown up with a narrow view.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.”
“Boys! Are they always this impossible? Do they always say cryptic, indecipherable things? (Note to self: work with Liz to adapt her boy-to-English translator into a more mobile formâ€”like maybe a watch or necklace.)”
“I go where I'm stimulated. If I'm stimulated, I show up. As Mick Jagger sings: It's my life and I'll do what I want.”

Source : "Smokin' Aces - Andy Garcia interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.
“Judge not; speak hardly at all; love and act.”

Source : Eliphas Levi (2016). “The Key of the Mysteries”, p.35, Eliphas Levi
“Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.”
“A date once leaned in to kiss me, and he ended up kissing my cheek. He was a little offended, but I didn't want to kiss him just to not hurt his feelings.”
“An event may be small and insignificant in its origin , and yet, when drawn close to oneâ€™s eye, it may open in its center an infinite and radiant perspective because a higher order of being is trying to express itself in it and irradiates it violently.”

Source : Bruno Schulz (2011). “The Fictions of Bruno Schulz: The Street of Crocodiles & Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass: The Street of Crocodiles & Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass”, p.110, Pan Macmillan

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